News articles tagged with 'macrophage'
Immune system may guide chemotherapy for breast cancer
— 3 Apr 2011 12:20 | HealthA study published in Cancer Discovery, the newest journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, debuting here at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6, showed…
Scientists ID possible biomarker to gauge Alzheimer's prognosis, effect of therapies
— 18 Mar 2011 14:29 | HealthUCLA researchers have identified a new biomarker that could help them track how effectively the immune system is able to clear the brain of amyloid beta, which forms the plaques considered…
Why are the elderly so vulnerable to pneumonia?
— 14 Mar 2011 20:42 | HealthA study featured on the cover of the March 15 Journal of Immunology is providing insight into why the elderly are so vulnerable to pneumonia and other bacterial infections…
Making viruses pass for 'safe'
— 9 Mar 2011 20:35 | HealthViruses can penetrate every part of the body, making them potentially good tools for gene therapy or drug delivery. But with our immune system primed to seek and destroy these foreign…
The connection between a cell's cytoskeleton and its surface receptors
— 6 Mar 2011 19:11 | HealthNew findings from researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto may shed light on the mechanisms that regulate the organisation of receptors…
New findings on drug tolerance in TB suggest ideas for shorter cures
— 4 Mar 2011 14:08 | HealthNew findings on how tuberculosis (TB) bacteria develop multi-drug tolerance point to ways TB infections might be cured more quickly…
How much can a cell uptake?
— 3 Mar 2011 12:59 | HealthImmunological research at the University of Haifa, Israel, has made a new breakthrough, revealing a critical component in the 'decision-making' process of white blood cells that play…
Virus, parasite may combine to increase harm to humans
— 11 Feb 2011 16:00 | HealthA parasite and a virus may be teaming up in a way that increases the parasite's ability to harm humans, scientists at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and Washington University…
Breast cancer cells outsmart the immune system and thrive
— 1 Feb 2011 20:36 | HealthScientists discovered a new way breast cancer cells dodge the immune system and promote tumour growth, providing a fresh treatment target in the fight against the disease. While comparable…
Unexpected find opens up new front in effort to stop HIV
— 23 Jan 2011 19:50 | HealthHIV adapts in a surprising way to survive and thrive in its hiding spot within the human immune system, scientists have learned. While the finding helps explain why HIV remains such…